Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mysteries
In this USA Today bestselling cozy mystery series, historian Jaya Jones solves present-day crimes linked to treasures from India’s colonial history. Each book takes Jaya from San Francisco to a different foreign destination—so far Scotland, India, France, Italy, Japan, and Cambodia.
The series so far: 1) Artifact, 2) Pirate Vishnu, 3) Quicksand, 4) Michelangelo’s Ghost, 5) The Ninja’s Illusion, 6) The Glass Thief, plus Jaya Jones short story collection The Cambodian Curse and Other Stories.
“Fans of Elizabeth Peters will adore following along with Jaya Jones and a cast of quirky characters as they pursue a fabled treasure.”
A Scottish legend that hides a secret. A treasure from India that vanished long ago. An unexpected package that ignites an adventure. Learn more.
The USA Today bestselling novel was awarded a Malice Domestic Grant and named a “Best of 2012″ debut novel by Suspense Magazine.
“Artifact is witty, clever, and twisty... Do you like Agatha Christie? Elizabeth Peters? Then you’re going to love Gigi Pandian.”
A century-old treasure map of San Francisco’s Barbary Coast, sacred riches from India, two murders a century apart, and a love triangle…Historian Jaya Jones has her work cut out for her. Learn more.
Winner of the Left Coast Crime Rose Award.
“Move over Vicky Bliss and Joan Wilder, historian Jaya Jones is here to stay! Mysterious maps, legendary pirates, and hidden treasure—Jaya’s latest quest is a whirlwind of adventure.”
A thousand-year-old secret room, a sultan’s stolen treasure, and an invitation to Paris to rekindle an old flame leads to historian Jaya Jones finding herself on the wrong side of the law during an art heist at the Louvre. Learn more.
A lost work of art linking India to the Italian Renaissance, a killer hiding behind a centuries-old ghost story, and a hidden treasure in Italy’s macabre sculpture garden known as the Park of Monsters, lead Jaya and her brother to the heart of Italy. Learn more.
A fabled illusion performed by a stage magician who claims to possess real supernatural powers and a treasure from the colonial era leads Jaya and her best friend Sanjay, aka The Hindi Houdini, to Kyoto, Japan. Learn more.
Long-listed for the ALA (American Library Association) 2018 Reading List.
A locked-room mystery at a Paris mansion. A supposed ghost haunting a French family who looted treasure from Cambodia. A reclusive thriller author writing a novel in honor of historian Jaya Jones—is it a work of fiction or a devious device to lure Jaya into solving a chilling mystery? Learn more.
The Cambodian Curse & Other Stories
A collection of nine locked-Room Mystery short stories
A treasure trove of nine locked-room mysteries, with an Introduction from New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King and a Foreword from impossible crime mystery historian Douglas G. Greene. Includes the Derringer Award-winning novelette The Cambodian Curse and the Agatha Award-winning novelette The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn. Learn more.
The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn
A locked-room mystery novelette
Winner of the Agatha Award for Best Short Story of 2017!
An unsolved murder from the 1930s. A ghost story to explain the impossible crime. A dead man in the haunted library. And no way for the authorities to reach the survivors until the snowstorm clears…
A snowstorm waylays Jaya Jones and Tamarind Ortega. It seems almost too good to be true that they find rooms for the night in beautiful old inn—until they find a dead man clutching an Agatha Christie novel in the secluded hotel’s library. Worse yet, Tamarind is accused of the crime. To clear her friend, Jaya must delve into the history of the hotel’s haunted library. The present-day mystery is eerily similar to a mysterious unsolved death in the 1930s—could it be the work of the library’s avenging ghost? Learn more.
“The Library Ghost of Tanglewood Inn is pitch perfect on every level. Wow, I loved this story.”
—Award-winning author Shelly Dickson Carr
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Praise for the Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt Mysteries
“Pandian’s new series may well captivate a generation of readers, combining the suspenseful, mysterious and romantic.”
—★★★★ 4 stars, RT Book Reviews
“If Indiana Jones had a sister, it would definitely be historian Jaya Jones.”
—Suspense Magazine
“Fun, romantic, and filled with action.”
—Steve Steinbock for Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
“Lively and humorous… Charming characters, a hint of romantic conflict, and just the right amount of danger will garner more fans for this cozy series.”
– Publishers Weekly
“Witty, clever, and twisty…Do you like Agatha Christie? Elizabeth Peters? Then you’re going to love Gigi Pandian.”
—AARON ELKINS, Edgar®-winning author of the Gideon Oliver “Skeleton Detective” mysteries
“Fans of Elizabeth Peters will adore following along with Jaya Jones and a cast of quirky characters as they pursue a fabled treasure.”
—New York Times bestselling author JULIET BLACKWELL
“Move over Vicky Bliss and Joan Wilder, historian Jaya Jones is here to stay!”
—Chantelle Aimée Osman of THE SIRENS OF SUSPENSE
